posted at 10:23 pm on October 1, 2009 by Allahpundit

According to a press release sent by Letterman’s PR reps, the host first received a package three weeks ago from someone who claimed to have information about alleged sexual relations he has had with female employees of the “Late Show.”…

“This morning, I did something I’ve never done in my life,” Letterman said on Thursday’s edition of CBS’ “Late Show.” “I had to go downtown and testify before a grand jury.”

As part of the testimony, Letterman admitted that he had engaged in sexual relationships with staff members.

“My response to that is, yes I have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would,” Letterman said. “I feel like I need to protect these people — I need to certainly protect my family.”

Follow the link for a reminder that this isn’t the first extortion bid he’s been subject to. Yeah, he’s a leftist water-carrier and a sporadically nasty crank, but even so, my heart breaks for the guy for having his privacy violated so egregiously. Why acknowledge the extortion on the show, though? Even if the news broke in the papers, a studious silence would have led at least some people to believe that the accusations against him were bogus.

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Aww, poor Dave. I suppose Bill Clinton was the victim too, huh? You know, in some cases where a superior sleeps with a subordinate, it’s called sexual harassment. But I’m sure their jobs weren’t on the line or anything …

I’d be a hell of a lot more sympathetic if this didn’t reek of karmic justice. He dumped awfully hard on Ensign and Sanford, as I recall. And that doesn’t even factor in the kind of treatment he’s heaped on Palin and her family.

I should feel sorry for him, but my sympathies are with the women he exploited and demeaned. I hope this aging pervert loses his job over this.

Allah does you heart break for the staffers who knew satisfying him sexually was the best way to keep their job security and get raises? Or maybe for his wife who he humiliated by being damn near 70 and still not being able to keep it in his pants?

Extortion is disgusting and his marriage is his business, but my heart never breaks for bad people when their own perfidy causes them pain.

Was one of those “subordinates” A-Rod, in the dugout, at a Yankees game? Did you get anyone “knocked up” Dave?

Don’t even expect a shred of sympathy. You’re at rock bottom and now you’re being proven guilty in the court of public opinion.

NOW THIS IS FUNNY! THIS IS FUNNY HARDY HAR HAR HARRRRR

How about a top ten list regarding things over heard at Dave’s testimony>
10. Is today your day up on the desk or is it Mindy’s?
9. You know what I could use right before a show?
8. How about joinin’ me for some “stupid human tricks” after the show?
7. Is this how A Rod does it Dave?
6. You mean we can’t have healthcare but we can have this??
5. Once we get caught for this how the hell are you going to explain away all of those Palin jokes?
4. If I’m going to sue you Dave, I better do it while CBS is still paying you.
3. Y’know, that kidnapping thing regarding your kid was scary, but it sure wasn’t as scary as THAT!
2. Your ratings sure do suck, so how about we go public with this whole sex thing and I’m sure you’ll get a little bump.1. SARAH PALIN’S BOOK IS AT NUMBER ONE AND WHO THE HELL IS LAUGHING NOW DAVE!!!!!!!

my heart breaks for the guy for having his privacy violated so egregiously.

We’re suppose to feel pity for this Letterman slime? He sleeps around his staff then is surprised someone tries to hold it against him? This, the same guy that smeared the Gov. of Alaska’s family for ratings?

Ok y’all, hold your fire. We DO NOT, nor should we–crow when a fellow human being is being dragged through the mud.
That brings us down to the level of the sleazeball whatsisface who proclaimed the republican health care plan was, “Don’t get sick. If you do get sick, die fast.”
This is chump change!
C’mon, it’s not like he sodomized a 13 year-old, admitted it and ran from justice for 30 years! The guy fessed up as soon as he got caught. That must mean he deserves a break, right?
(sarc)
My point: we’ve already done slid down the slope. Acceptable behavior is all relative. (Sigh!)

Despite extraordinarily great temptation I’ve managed to not sleep with any of my subordinates the last 15 years, so I shed little sympathy for this gap-toothed Obama suck-up. Sorry, Dave, just can’t feel your pain. And with that:

If you put yourself in the public eye you are subject to a lot of things. If you are in that public eye and take actions that are immoral or illegal, you subject yourself to this kind of scrutiny and embarrassment, and possibly prosecution.

Should we feel sorry for him? No. He’d make some awful jokes about it if it were someone else, especially a non liberal. So he gets to eat his bowl of poop. No compassion here for him, sorry.

Following Letterman’s lead, a good comedian would immediately work on crafting some great jokes about Dave’s young son walking in on Dave having anal sex with one of his male staffers (safe to assume he’s gay, right?).

A normal human being wouldn’t, but Dave would. After all — it’s comedy! There are no rules, right Dave?!

but even so, my heart breaks for the guy for having his privacy violated so egregiously.

Allah, I like you, (except when you bash Palin on here), and esp following you on Twitter, but come on. The guy is a scumbag. He deserves all of it. Yes, I do feel sorry for the staffers, but this just vindicates Gov Palin and her family. And anyone else he has treated and demeaned.

I’m also sure somewhere John Ziegler is laughing his a** off as well…
Unreal….

Now we find out that David Letterman is not a good person by his own admission. The mask is off after 62 years. Once characterized as a brilliant observational comic, surreal humorist, deadpan actor, his off-camera behavior belies his on-camera behavior — that of late-night jerk, a__hole, pervert and adulterer. He’s just not funny anymore.